Resources

The following sources provide some of the most recent family violence statistics and information on domestic abuse help.

Family Violence Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances. 2005. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Available at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/fvs.pdf.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Adverse Health Conditions and Health Risk Behaviors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. February 2008. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5705a1.htm.

Cost of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States: Incidence, Prevalence, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/ipv_cost/03_incidence.htm

Intimate Partner Violence Fact Sheet, CDC, 2006
www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/intimatepartnerviolence/index.html

Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/IPV/default.htm

Understanding Intimate Partner Abuse Fact Sheet
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/ipv_factsheet.pdf

The Initiative for Violence-Free Families. www.ivff.org

Domestic Violence and Teen Dating

Stop Teen Dating Violence
www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/BreakTheSilence/index.html

Understanding Teen Dating Violence Fact Sheet
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/DatingAbuseFactSheet-a.pdf

Domestic Violence in the Church

Colson, Chuck. 2009 (April 19). "The Ugly Secret: Domestic Violence within the Church." BreakPoint. www.breakpoint.org/commentaries/1840-an-ugly-secret

Domestic Violence in the Workplace

A Call to Men: Committed to Ending Violence Against Women www.acalltomen.org/page.php?id=76

SafeWork 2010 is a national initiative to challenge 200 corporate leaders to recognize the impact of domestic violence on the workplace and take action to address it by 2010. For more information, please visit: www.safehorizon.org/safework.